Mohammed Goni Sanda, an Electrical/Electronics engineer and Head of Aviation Division of the Commission is a graduate of University of Maiduguri where he obtained Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Electronics Engineering. He also obtained M.Sc. Electrical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Goni is a Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and duly is registered by the Council of Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). Similarly, has attended seminars, workshops, and conferences nationally and internationally on Engineering, Aviation, Hajj and umrah related courses in Nigeria where he obtained certificate in APS and BAPOM from the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and IATA.

Before joining the defunct Directorate of Pilgrims affairs in 2003, Goni had worked as a Systems Engineer in the private sector. Since the inception of the Commission in 2006 he had been the Head of ICT Division, from where he was deployed to his current position.